For a super concentrated review of code situations I'd suggest Pharmacy Joe's book
It is a real 101 for emergencies. The other thing I'd suggest is getting the AHA CPR app and practice with it a bit. It makes keeping track of codes SO much easier if you end up recording.

Otherwise just try to free up nurse hands. Mix drips, grab meds, hand syringes/flushes. Whatever you do speak it when you do it. If doc says I need X if no one speaks up say "I'm grabbing X!" If you prepare an epi syringe hand it to the nurse and say "epinephrine ready" It makes recorder's job much easier and identifies who is doing what rather than a doc having to watch what every person in the room is doing.

I recommend this book to anyone making an early career transition into biopharma:
https://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Pharma-Professionals-Pharmaceutical-Companies/dp/0976309637

Let's see:

For a wealth of data but a perspective of addiction which actually disagrees with what I say (though they are selective in their interpretation) there's this:

http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674057272

The standard primer on neurobiology of addiction is this:

https://www.amazon.com/Neurobiology-Addiction-George-F-Koob/dp/0124192394/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1498869508&sr=8-2&keywords=drugs+koob

For a biopsychosocial perspective, there's this:

https://www.amazon.com/Drugs-Society-Human-Behavior-Carl/dp/0073529745/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1498869548&sr=8-4&keywords=drugs+and+society

By the same author but for a popular audience is this:

https://www.amazon.com/High-Price-Neuroscientists-Self-Discovery-Challenges/dp/0062015893/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1498869576&sr=8-1&keywords=carl+hart

Another popular, critical book:

https://www.amazon.com/Realm-Hungry-Ghosts-Encounters-Addiction/dp/155643880X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1498869570&sr=8-1&keywords=in+the+realm+of+hungry+ghosts

Another popular take:
https://www.amazon.com/Chasing-Scream-First-Last-Drugs/dp/1620408902


For the history of junkies in the us:

https://www.amazon.com/Creating-American-Junkie-Addiction-Research/dp/0801883830/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1498869591&sr=8-1&keywords=creating+the+american+junkie

A global one:

https://www.amazon.com/Pursuit-Oblivion-Global-History-Narcotics/dp/0393051897/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1498869828&sr=8-1&keywords=in+pursuit+of+oblivion

Primer on Harm Reduction:

https://www.amazon.com/Harm-Reduction-Second-Pragmatic-Strategies/dp/1462502563/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1498869612&sr=8-2&keywords=harm+reduction

Primer on drugs and drug policy, quite neutral:

https://www.amazon.com/Drugs-Drug-Policy-Everyone-Needs-ebook/dp/B0054ID9UG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1498869623&sr=8-1&keywords=drugs+kleiman

A book on the legalization of drugs:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0765701510/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Another, economic take, on legalization:

https://www.amazon.com/Drug-War-Crimes-Consequences-Prohibition/dp/0945999909

Sociology of drugs in the US:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0199935904/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Psychopharmacology primer intro:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0878935347/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

A criticism of the concept of addiction:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0814747647/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Some more esoteric but interesting stuff on epigenetics, neuroscience etc:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0849373913/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1


A great book on the anthropology of drugs (this author also writes a lot of smaller papers too):

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6614135-righteous-dopefiend

Hi there, I had struggles myself with pharmacology and my mindset held me back. I decided it was too difficult and then was on a road to failure. Have a positive attitude - you know more than you think you do! When I got overwhelmed with the different classes of drugs I found this book really helpful: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Medical-Pharmacology-Glance-Michael-Neal/dp/0470657898
Good luck, you can do it.

http://www.amazon.com/Lippincott-Illustrated-Reviews-Pharmacology-Series/dp/1451191774/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1410608810&sr=8-1&keywords=lippincott+pharmacology

You can easily substitute an older version.

• Pharmaceutical Preformulation and Formulation: A Practical Guide from Candidate Drug Selection to Commercial Dosage Form (Drugs and the Pharmaceutical Sciences) 2nd Edition
  
  
  
• Oral Formulation Roadmap From Early Discovery to Development

Part 2:

Anatomy and Physiology

• Gray's Anatomy. My friend suggests getting both a modern version and if you can, one of the classical editions. She does not like the Barnes and Noble or some of the other "collector editions" because she thinks the illustrations are too small to read, despite the elegant binding they come in.
  
  
• The Anatomy Coloring Book My friend greatly recommends the entirety of this series of books.
  
  
• Human Anatomy and Physiology by John W. Hole. My friend owns the 2nd edition (1981) version of this book. She can't speak for the newer, modern version but she says this is an excellent college-level text on human anatomy and physiology.
  
  
• Human Anatomy & Physiology (Marieb, Human Anatomy & Physiology). This is a more modern text that my friend has and suggests.
  
  

  Other Medical Texts (Pathology, organic chemistry, biology, nutritional science, etc)
  

  
  

• Clinical Pathophysiology Made Ridiculously Simple by Aaron Berkowitz
  
  
• Robbin's Basic Pathology
  
  
• Food and Western Disease: Health and Nutrition From An Evolutionary Perspective
  
  
• Advanced Nutrition and Human Metabolism
  
  
• Whole: Rethinking the Science of Nutrition
  
  
• Real Food For Pregnancy by Lily Nichols
  
  
• Nutritional Grail: Ancestral Wisdom, Breakthrough Science, and the Dawning Nutritional Renaissance
  
  
  
• Dr. Klein's Organic Chemistry (textbook)
  
  
• Campbell's Biology (textbook) - Any newer edition will do. She also suggests the biology coloring book as an additional exercise book.
  
  

  Formularies, Pharmacy
  

  
  

• Herbal Formularies for Health Professionals, Volume I, Volume II, and Volume III by Dr. Jill Stansbury
  
  
• Fenner's Formulary: Containing Formulae for the Preparation of All the Elixirs, Emulsions, Essences, Flavoring Extracts, Glycerites, Solutions, ... Preparations, Now in Use by Byron Fenner. A classical formulary, it is also available in PDF form from forgottenbooks and the SWSBM.
  
  
• Remington: The Practice and Science of Pharmacy
  
  
  

  Classical Herbals
  

  
  
  

• Culpeper's Herbal
  
  
• King's American Dispensatory
  
  
• The classical herbals listed on Henriette's Herbal Page
  
  

How is training going?

I'm just seeing this post now...I wrote a blog post that I think you will find helpful for switching from retail to hospital.


Anticoagulants & Antibiotics two of the biggest areas to focus on.


For drug interactions, nothing beats Hansten & Horn's Top 100 Drug Interactions. I talk about how to use this book to evaluate QTc interactions here.

Get this to learn how to analyze journal articles: Drug Information A Guide for Pharmacists 5/E
https://www.amazon.com/Drug-Information-Guide-Pharmacists-Malone/dp/007180434X/182-5069633-2698115?ie=UTF8&*Version*=1&*entries*=0


Best book that ,unfortunately, was only recommended to me by a preceptor during my last APPE block.

I finally passed the Nevada MPJE. I'm sharing my experience to help future RPh out.

My background: I'm a foreign grad. Most of the clinical material is fresh in my mind since I graduated a few years ago. I passed the NAPLEX on one try. This set me up to think that MPJE was a straight forward exam and that I could pass it easily. Boy, I was wrong.

I studied all the laws provided by the BOP website. I also bought the RxPrep videos and book for the Federal Law. I studied casually for a month and took the exam and I was overwhelmed. The exam questions had tricky wording. I felt like many questions were "easy" if you study how to dispense controls, and pay attention to how long to keep documents, etc, but other questions were super left field.

I got a 73 and was devastated.

This time I was determined to pass. Here was how I did it.

• Read all the NV Statues & Regulations (http://bop.nv.gov/board/ALL/Regulations/). If you have notes from school, it helps (someone from Roseman provided me notes) but it's better if you make your own notes.
  
  • Pay attention to numbers, like when to renew licenses, etc.
    
  • Also pay attention to who can prescribe, who can get medications from the pharmacy
    
  • Responsibilities of a tech vs. clerk vs. intern vs. pharmacist.
    
  • Know all the different parts of prescriptions, labels, etc
    
  • Know everything there is to know about Controlled substances, procedures for hospices and LTC facilities
    
  • adulterated vs. misbranded
    
  • CEs
    
  • Procedures for Remote Sites
    
• Read the DEA Manual and understand how the Nevada PMP works. There were several questions on this! I was so surprised.
  
• Read through the Sterile Compounding References (http://bop.nv.gov/resources/ALL/Sterile_Compounding_Reference_Guide/) Some people suggest to read through the RxPrep Course book chapter on Sterile Compounding, I think that could be helpful but you're in a pinch the resources on the NV BOP website are enough.
  
• Take some time to click through the NV BOP website and read about canadian pharmacies, all of the FAQ and resources. I can't remember exactly what came out from the exam but I know that reading through the website helps.
  
• Federal law (ie. RxPrep MPJE Reviewer & Reiss & Hall's Guide to Federal Law) is a helpful starting point but ultimately, the NV laws were the majority of the exam.
  
• Take the Pre-MPJE!!! It's a great practice test. You didn't hear it from me but I heard you could screenshot questions and study/analyze them on your own.
  
• Memorizing is not enough. If you understand the laws as they are, no matter what situation the board gives you, you can find the right answer.
  
• Making your own study guides is what helped me pass IMO. Esp when it came to studying the NV Laws.
  
  Timeframe: Realistically, you can study through all of this material within a month. You could cram all of this material with even less time. This all depends on your study habits. If you spend 2 hours+ on this every day, you can pass.
  
  ​
  
  My Resources
  
  
• Rx Prep Testbank, Videos & Book
  
  • https://www.rxprep.com/
    
• Reiss & Hall's Guide to Federal Law
  
  • https://www.amazon.com/Guide-Federal-Pharmacy-Law-9th/dp/0967633281/ref=sr_1_8?keywords=mpje&qid=1573161337&sr=8-8
    
• Rx Exam NV MPJE Questions
  
  • https://www.pharmacyexam.com/index.cfm/product/72/nevada-pharmacy-law-test-downloadable.cfm
    
• NV BOP
  
  • http://bop.nv.gov/board/ALL/Regulations/
    
  • http://bop.nv.gov/resources/ALL/Sterile_Compounding_Reference_Guide/
    
  • http://bop.nv.gov/links/PMP/
    
  • http://bop.nv.gov/resources/Resources/
    
  • http://bop.nv.gov/resources/ALL/FAQ/
    
• Other Links
  
  • https://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/drugreg/practioners/mlp_by_state.pdf
    
  • https://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/pubs/manuals/pharm2/pharm_manual.pdf
    
    ​
    
    I got an 82!
    
    You guys got this!!! Good luck!

Medical Marijuana 101 (Quick American)

It is pretty normal. Your serotonin levels and uptakes will be all out of whack for a few days. Some people take melanin to balance it out, but i would not. This is a very good book about ecstasy and it's role in society. Nicholas Saunders is a protege of Shulgin the modern father of MDMA. Check it out if you want to learn about what you are doing to your brain.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Pharmacy-Technician-2nd-Edition/dp/089582650X

This is the book I used and I was fine on the exam even though it was already a bit outdated when i took the exam in 2011. Contrary to another poster i would just study for the exam, take it and get it over with, then work as a tech...too hard to get hired otherwise..

Highly recommend this book:
PTCB Exam Simplified Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam Study Guide https://www.amazon.com/dp/0615883702/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awd_CwsBwb6V6PP58

Studied for four days using this book only and passed. My advice for you would be to look at the percentage breakdown of the test sections and focus on the sections that have the fewest pages per percent of test. Aka don't memorize drugs lol. Unless you have the time for that then go right ahead! It'll make you a better tech eventually!

http://www.amazon.com/Pass-Texas-Pharmacy-Law-Exam/dp/0615655181/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1465233184&sr=8-1&keywords=pass+the+texas+mpje

https://www.amazon.com/Toxicology-pharmacology-venoms-poisonous-snakes/dp/0398028087

https://motivatedgrammar.wordpress.com/2013/09/23/poisonous-or-venomous/

Pharmaceutical companies spend twice as much on R&D as the NIH but they do less basic research and more clinical studies (which are crazy expensive).

Pfizer spent $800 million on additional studies since the drug was released in 1997. This doesn't include the cost of R&D prior to approval which is probably in excess of $1 billion.

Source: Drug Truths: Dispelling the Myths about Pharma R&D

O really?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Re12KzdZ4Wk


http://www.amazon.com/Confessions-Rx-Drug-Pusher-Loving/dp/0595357636